Smoking appliance



v J. B. GARCIA. SMOKING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I921- Patented June 20, 1922.

INVENTOR. J55. 73, mf'cm.

"ATTORNEY SMOKING APPLIANCE.

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Application filed April 19, 1921.

To oZZ whom it concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr l3. GARCIA, a citizen of the United States, and resident of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Smoking Appliance, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to smoking appliances and has reference more particularly to an ash retaining device which is peculiarly adaptable as a protective housing made to receive and confine the burning end. of a cigar, cigarette, or the like.

its heretofore practiced considerable annoyance has been experienced by the ashes of cigars and cigarettes being blown in persons eyes, especially when smoking is carried on in vehicles, and other instances where the wind will blow ashes from the cigar or ciga rette. Then again when cigars or cigarettes are smoked indoors, it is impossible to prevent the ashes from being scattered over the floor and. upon the tops of desks, tables and places as well as upon the clothes of the smoker.

carelessness, the burning end will mar the finish of the desk or table surface and it 1s of course, well known that many tires have been attributed to sparks from cigars and;

cigarettes carelessly deposited upon combustible materials, such as paper and the like. In many factories, warehouses and other places where combustible materials are stored smoking is prohibited as exceedingly dangerous due to the lack of means for confining the sparks of the cigar or cigarette. This is also true where a person is addicted to smoking while performing certain duties where the ashes of the cigar or cigarette will spoil work on which the person in engaged.

In accordance with my invention the above inconveniences may be eliminated and by using my device a cigar or cigarette may be smoked. at any time or place without the customary disadvantages arising from'the scattering of the ashes or sparks.

The salient features of my invention are shown in the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of the device. In said drawing Figure 1 is an en larged perspective view of the device showing the same as applied upon a cigar. Fig ure 2, is an enlarged vertical section of the device, Figure 3, is a plan. view of the specification of Letters Patent.

Furthermore, when lighted cigars or cigarettes are laid upon highly polished desks and tables 1t often happens, due to Patented June 2t), 1922.

Serial No. 462,766.

manipulating ring. Figure 4, is a detailed view of one of the spring accommodated attaching fingers and Figure 5, is a side elevation of the device as fixed to a cigar with the dimensions of the same as actually used in practice.

Referring now to the drawing in detail I prefer to make the device of a metallic cylindrical casing (1) which is perforated with more or less unique designs throughout its surface. The casing'may simulate abarrel, the bottom of which being closed by a ring closure (2) which is hinged as at to the casing so that the same may be swung to open the barrel end. A suitable catch t) is employed on the ring closure so that the same may be held closed. The central opening (5) in thering closure (2) is covered by wire gauze of any suitable size mesh, the purpose of which is obvious.

The opposite end of the barrel or casing is opened and the lighted end of the cigar is introduced into the barrel through this end as shown clearly by'Figures 1 and 5 of the drawing. Arranged at spaced intervals around the periphery of the open end are a plurality of attaching fingers (6) which embody in their construction hinges (7) which are wound upon a Wire extending circumferentially around the open end otthe barrel and fixed thereto preferably in a peripheral rim or seam (8), the rim or seam (8) being cut away to accommodate the springs (7) as will clearly appear in the drawings. Each one of the fingers are bent to have a corresponding angularity. In other words, all of the fingers beginning from the hinges are bent outwardly as at (9) from the rim of the barrel, then inwardly toward the axis of the barrel then again bent upwardly beginning at the bend (10) so that a portion of their lengths will lie parallel and in close proximity to the cigar when the empaling points (11) thereof are pressed into the sides of the cigar as best shown in Figure 5. The reason for this peculiar bend of the fingers is due to the fact that as the cigar is consumed it will be necessary to move the length of the same into the barrel or, in other words, the barrel will be moved toward the exposed end of the cigar as the same is consumcd. It is of course necessary to keep the burning end confined within the barrel. As the cigar becomes shorter in length, the barrel will be so close to the exposed end of the cigar that in. case a holder is used, unless the fingers he very close to the cigar the circumference of the same will be increased to an extent, that it can not be presented in the holder, but as will clearly appear -from the drawing, even though the fingers are attached to the cigar adjacent the exposed end, the holder may he slipped over the same.

As a convenient means or" manipulating, so to speak, the fingers I prefer to use a disc ring such as (11) the same having openings (12) at spaced intervals corresponding to the number of the fingers (6) and the fingers pass through the openings so that the ring is mounted to slide to and from the barrel on the fingers. When the device is carried upon the person and not in use the ring will assume a position adjacent the rim of the open end of the barrel, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5. Thus the influence of the springs (7) will hold the empaling ends of the fingers in close relation to each other so that the same are in reality grouped or clustered about a center with the empaling points thus protected as shown in Figure 2. When the ring is pulled to its extended position as shown in Figure 1, the relative position of the openings (12) in the ring will spread the fingers apart as best shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, which leaves an unobstructed entrance in the barrel, so that a cigar may be inserted through the opening in the ring and into the barrel. Before inserting the cigar, it is of course understood that the same should be first lighted. When the cigar has been inserted within the barrel the desired length the ring is pushed downwardly, which will leave the springs (7) free to exert the necessary influence on the empaling ends of the fingers so that they may be pressed into the sides of 1,420 ose the cigar thus keeping the device in place. The co-operative relation of the ring (11) with the bends (9) of the fingers will urge this connection of the empaling ends and hold the same in proper position.

As it may happen that the gauze lining (13) of the barrel may become clogged, discolored or otherwise impaired I propose to construct the same of merely a sheet cut the desired length and made to be rolled to correspond to the diameter of the barrel so that the ring closure (2) may be opened and the gauze withdrawn and a new roll replaced.

The barrel will act in the capacity of a receptacle for retaining the ashes of the cigar or cigarette as the case may be and the same may be dumped by opening the ring closure (2).

I claim:

In a device of the class described, a perforated barrel like casing, a gauze lining for said casing a hinged cover for one end of said casing, the opposite end of the casing being open to receive the lighted end of a cigar, and means for attaching the casing to the cigar, comprising a plurality of spring influenced attaching fingers fixed to the rim of the open end of the barrel and having empaling points adapted to be embedded in the sides of the cigar, and means for manipulating said fingers, comprising a ring member having openings through which the attaching fingers pass, said fingers being bent with an angularity which will move them to and from the sides of the cigar when the ring member is moved to and from the casing.

JOSEPH B. GARCIA. 

